This poster describes an attempt to create an evidence-based approach to advising medical students with regard to the number of family medicine residency programs to which they need to apply

Crossman, Steven H.

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Virginia Commonwealth UniversityVCU Scholars CompassMedical Education Symposium School of Medicine2017Development of a Calculator For Medical StudentResidency ApplicationsSteven H. CrossmanVCUFollow this and additional works at: https://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/med_eduPart of the Medicine and Health Sciences Commons© The Author(s)This Poster is brought to you for free and open access by the School of Medicine at VCU Scholars Compass. It has been accepted for inclusion inMedical Education Symposium by an authorized administrator of VCU Scholars Compass. For more information, please contact libcompass@vcu.edu.Downloaded fromhttps://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/med_edu/21Development of a calculator for medical student residency applications Steven Crossman, MD; Sharon Kaufer Flores, MS: Judy Gary, MEdBackground Number of medical students applying for residency increasing at a much faster pace than the number of residency slots   Increased competition for residency positions  Advisors suggesting students apply to a larger number of programs Residency programs receiving excessive numbers of applicationsProcessStep 1:  Completed a national survey asking respondents to agree or disagree with statements regarding how they rank applicants (Table 1)Step 2: Researched data on student rank list length and match rate into family medicine from the National Residency Match Program (Figure 1)Step 3: Created a calculator using an Excel spreadsheet which generates a student specific number of programs for application (Figure 2) ResultsDiscussion Data refers to US citizen, civilian seniors at LCME accredited medical schools No specific data for couples unless both matching in fam med Very helpful: discourage over-applying by students with no red flags Very helpful: encourage students with multiple red flags to apply broadly enough  May repeat survey in 2020 when the Single Accreditation System merger complete Crucial to have all data points entered as close to September 15 as possibleOnly one student in past three years has failed to match two years in a rowFigure 2 Std. Repeat M1/M2 1 Step 1 Fail 2 Step 1 Fails 1 Step 2 CK Fail 2 Step 2 CK Fails 1 Step 2 CS Fail 2 Step 2 CS Fails West Coast STUDENT 18 28 20 54 22 97 36 188 15 TOTAL CALC. TOTAL ACTUAL INT. OFF.goal=181 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 19 192 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 30 133 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 30 294 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 24 205 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 26 246 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 21 167 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 33 32 188 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 30 219 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 22 2212 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 22 913 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 18 1414 18 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 46 50 1715 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 32 1817 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 24 1718 18 0 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 38 26 1219 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 30 2222 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 34 1723 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 24 2224 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 40 2025 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 26 1127 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 26 18

Development of a Calculator For Medical Student Residency Applications

Virginia Commonwealth University
VCU Scholars Compass
Medical Education Symposium School of Medicine
2017
Development of a Calculator For Medical Student
Residency Applications
Steven H. Crossman
VCU
Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/med_edu
Part of the Medicine and Health Sciences Commons
© The Author(s)
This Poster is brought to you for free and open access by the School of Medicine at VCU Scholars Compass. It has been accepted for inclusion in
Medical Education Symposium by an authorized administrator of VCU Scholars Compass. For more information, please contact libcompass@vcu.edu.
Downloaded from
https://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/med_edu/21
Development of a calculator for medical student residency applications 
Steven Crossman, MD; Sharon Kaufer Flores, MS: Judy Gary, MEd
Background
 Number of medical students applying for residency 
increasing at a much faster pace than the number of 
residency slots  
 Increased competition for residency positions 
 Advisors suggesting students apply to a larger number 
of programs
 Residency programs receiving excessive numbers of 
applications
Process
Step 1:  Completed a national survey asking 
respondents to agree or disagree with statements 
regarding how they rank applicants (Table 1)
Step 2: Researched data on student rank list length and match rate 
into family medicine from the National Residency Match Program 
(Figure 1)
Step 3: Created a calculator using an Excel spreadsheet which 
generates a student specific number of programs for application 
(Figure 2) 
Results
Discussion
 Data refers to US citizen, civilian seniors at 
LCME accredited medical schools
 No specific data for couples unless both 
matching in fam med
 Very helpful: discourage over-applying by 
students with no red flags
 Very helpful: encourage students with multiple 
red flags to apply broadly enough  
May repeat survey in 2020 when the Single 
Accreditation System merger complete
 Crucial to have all data points entered as close 
to September 15 as possible
Only one student in past three years has failed 
to match two years in a row
Figure 2 Std. Repeat M1/M2 1 Step 1 Fail 2 Step 1 Fails 1 Step 2 CK Fail 2 Step 2 CK Fails 1 Step 2 CS Fail 2 Step 2 CS Fails West Coast 
STUDENT 18 28 20 54 22 97 36 188 15 TOTAL CALC. TOTAL ACTUAL INT. OFF.
goal=18
1 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 19 19
2 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 30 13
3 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 30 29
4 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 24 20
5 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 26 24
6 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 21 16
7 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 33 32 18
8 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 30 21
9 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 22 22
12 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 22 9
13 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 18 14
14 18 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 46 50 17
15 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 32 18
17 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 24 17
18 18 0 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 38 26 12
19 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 30 22
22 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 34 17
23 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 24 22
24 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 40 20
25 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 26 11
27 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 26 18


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